Pranab’s tributes to MV

President Pranab Mukherjee at the 13th convocation of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology paid rich tributes describing Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya as an eminent engineer, planner and statesman. Though a native of Mokshgundam in Prakasam district, his ancestors migrated to Karnataka. A product of Madras University, Pune Science college of engineering, he as Dewan converted Mysore as a tourist centre and was involved in the Tirupati-Tirumala ghat road construction as well. Under his eminent direction a permanent solution was found to floods in Hyderabad after 1908 destruction. Credit goes to him for saving Vizag harbor from sea erosion.